Astronomers have likely witnessed a planet forming in real time, seen inside a spiral arm of the HD 135344B protoplanetary ...

Scientists have long speculated that Betelgeuse, one of the brightest stars in the night sky, is not alone. Now, thanks to ...

The celestial body's unusual orbit “implies that something extraordinary occurred" in the early days of the solar system—and ...

For lovers of newly identified space objects, July has indeed been an exciting month. Last week, astronomers described ...

The fact that Betelgeuse is one of the brightest stars in the sky over Earth, visible with the naked eye, has made it one of ...

Astronomers may have caught a still-forming planet in action, carving out an intricate pattern in the gas and dust that ...

Betelgeuse is one of the brightest stars in the night sky, and the closest red supergiant to Earth. It has an enormous volume ...

Using various telescopes worldwide, an international team of astronomers has observed a tidal disruption event (TDE) known as ...

The astronomers observed hot minerals just beginning to solidify – the first specks of planet-forming material, the ...

Astronomers have, for the first time, observed the very beginning of planet formation around a star beyond our Solar System.

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of planets forming around HOPS-315, a baby star located 1,300 light-years away ...

A collision observed between two black holes, each more massive than a hundred suns, is the largest merger of its kind ever ...